# The form of the traditional bamboo house in the Makassar culture: A cultural semiotic study
> Maknun T.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/the-form-of-the-traditional-bamboo-house-in-the-makassar-culture-a-cultural-semi
Jurnal / Konferensi: Semiotica
Tahun terbit: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2017-0162
ISSN: 00371998
Kuartil SJR: Q1
Citations: 11

## Authors
- Maknun T.

## Abstract
Abstract This study aims to explain (1) the form of a traditional house made of bamboo in Makassar culture; (2) the components of the traditional houses made of bamboo and their respective functions; and (3) socio-cultural dimensions of the shape and structure traditional house constructed of bamboo in Makassar culture. To discuss these problems, we used the Saussure’s Structural Linguistics approach (semiology) and Levi Strauss’ Structural Anthropology. Both are elaborated into cultural semiotics. The data collection methods used were field surveys (observation) accompanied by technical documentation, interviews, and records. Data were analyzed qualitatively. Results of the research indicate that the traditional house form made of bamboo in Makassar culture is generally divided into three parts, either vertically or horizontally. Vertically, the upper part is called pammakkang ‘attic’; the middle part is called kale ballak ‘house body’; and the bottom is called siring ‘underneath.’ Horizontally, the front is called paddaserang ri dallekang ‘vestibule’; the middle section is called paddaserang ri tangnga ‘living room’; the backside is called paddaserang ri boko ‘back room.’ The components of the upper, middle, and lower houses show opposition to each other. However, these components are logically related and related to one another so as to form a meaningful social and cultural construction. The shape and structure of traditional houses in Makassar culture is influenced by socioeconomic and socio-cultural factors (cosmology, belief, and social stratification).

## Keywords
- Semiotics
- Bamboo
- Vernacular architecture
- Vernacular
- Sociology
- Anthropology
- Art
- History
- Aesthetics
- Literature
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Composite material
- Materials science

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